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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Sick Ag, Waldkirch/Breisgau, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SICK AG, Waldkirch, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0234 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0244 (2013.01); G05D 1/0259 (2013.01); G06K 9/00798 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0212 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0213 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle, in particular an automated guided vehicle, comprises a control device and a sensor for detecting a continuous lane marking. The control device is adapted to control the vehicle along the lane marking in dependence on the detected lane marking, wherein the sensor is adapted to detect a code marking arranged adjacent to the lane marking and to determine a distance between the detected code marking and the lane marking, and wherein the control device is further adapted to control the vehicle in dependence on the determined distance.